Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H by Frederic Boase

Bonapartes ii_, 191–94 (1881). BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON EUGÈNE LOUIS JEAN JOSEPH (_only child of Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte 1808–73, Napoleon iii Emperor of France_). _b._ Palace of the Tuileries, Paris 16 March 1856; went with his father to the seat of war 1870, present at capture of Saarbrück 2 Aug. 1870; landed at Dover 8 Sep. 1870; lived at Camden house, Chislehurst, Kent 10 Dec. 1870 to 12 Oct. 1871 and 1874–79; a cadet at Royal military college Woolwich 12 Oct. 1871 to 1874 where a statue of him by Count Gleichen was unveiled 13 Jany 1883; left Southampton 27 Feb. 1879; killed by Zulus in valley of Ityolyozi, Zululand 1 June 1879, buried in St. Mary’s church Chislehurst 12 July 1879. _Life of the Prince Imperial of France by Ellen Barlee_ 1880, _portrait_; _Graphic xix_, 633, 637, 644 (1879), _3 portraits, xxvii_, 53 (1883); _I.L.N. 16 July 1879, portrait_; _The life of Napoleon iii by Blanchard Jerrold iv_, 427 (1882), 2 _portraits_. BONAR, REV. JOHN (_son of Rev. Archibald Bonar of Cramond, Midlothian_). _b._ Cramond; ed. at Univ. of Edin.; licensed by presbytery of Edin. 30 April 1823; ordained 11 July 1826; minister of Larbert and Dunipace March 1826 to 24 May 1843 when he joined in the free secession; Convener of committee for colonial and continental missions in the Free church 1846; minister at Aberdeen Dec. 1846 and at the Renfield st. church, Glasgow 1848–54; D.D. Edin. 1857; author of _The established church of Scotland as it was and as it is_ 1845. _d._ Edinburgh 20 Dec. 1863 in 63 year. _Our Scottish Clergy, second series_ (1849) 149–55. BONAR, WILLIAM (_3 son of Andrew Bonar of Edinburgh, banker_). _b._ Edin. 3 Jany. 1798; ed. at high school and Univ. Edin.; a partner in bank of Ramsay, Bonar and Co. 1817 to date when bank was merged in Bank of Scotland; employed a missionary to look after the ignorant and neglected poor in Edin.; F.R.S. Edin. 1822; author of several religious tracts. _d._ Chatsworth house, Malvern 9 Nov. 1866. BOND, HENRY JOHN HAYLES (_son of Rev. Wm. Bond, R. of Whitacre, Norfolk_). _b._ Whitacre Dec. 1801; ed. at Norwich gr. sch.; studied medicine at Cambridge, London, Edinburgh and Paris; M.B. Cam. 1825, M.D. 1831; F.R.C.P. 1835; practised at Cam.; Regius professor of physic in Univ. of Cam. 27 Jany. 1851 to Jany. 1872; a member of General medical council 29 Oct. 1858 to 29 Oct. 1863; author of _Analysis of an elementary course of lectures on Pathology_ 1866. _d._ Regent st. Cambridge 3 Sep. 1883. BOND, JOHN JAMES (_son of Andrew Bond of Ashford, Kent_). _b._ 9 Dec. 1819; Clerk in public record office at Royal riding school, Carlton House 1841, senior assistant keeper to death; author of _Handy book of rules and tables for verifying dates with the Christian Era_ 1866, _new ed._ 1874. _d._ 96 Philbeach gardens, Earl’s Court, London 9 Dec. 1883. BOND, R. SEBASTIAN. _b._ Liverpool 1808; landscape painter; exhibited 7 pictures at Royal Academy, 13 at British Institution, and 5 at Suffolk st. gallery 1846–72. _d._ Jany. 1886. BOND, STEPHEN. _b._ St. Columb, Cornwall 24 March 1826; ed. at Stonyhurst; entered Society of Jesus at Hodder 7 Sep. 1843; Matric. at Univ. of London July 1846, B.A. 1848; superior of the seminary adjoining Stonyhurst college Aug. 1861; professed of the four vows 2 Feb. 1862; vicar general to Bishop Etheridge in Demerara 1864–69. _d._ Wigan 10 Jany. 1871. BONE, HENRY PIERCE (_eld. son of Henry Bone of London, enamellist 1755–1834_). _b._ Islington, London 6 Nov. 1779; exhibited 210 pictures, miniatures and enamels at the R.A. 1799–1855; painted classical subjects 1806–33, and enamels 1833–55; enamel painter to Duchess of Kent 1831, to Queen Victoria 1837, to Prince Albert 1841; his collection of 172 enamels was sold at Christies 13–14 March 1856. _d._ 22 Percy st. Bedford sq. London 21 Oct. 1855. _Notice of H. Bone R.A. and his works together with those of his son H. P. Bone by J. Jope Rogers_ 1880. BONE, HUGH. _b._ Ayrshire 1777; ed. at Univ. of Glasgow, M.D. 26 April 1815; L.R.C.P. London 26 June 1815; inspector general of hospitals 2 Oct. 1843 to 24 Nov. 1845 when placed on h.p. _d._ Picardy place, Edin. 13 Feb. 1858. BONER, CHARLES (_only son of Charles Boner of Bath, who d. 14 Aug. 1833 aged 74_). _b._ Weston near Bath 29 April 1815; ed. at Bath and Tiverton; lived with John Constable the painter as tutor to his sons 1831–37; lived with Prince Thurn und Taxis at St. Emeran, Ratisbon as tutor 1840–60; settled at Munich, March 1860; corresponded with Mary Russell Mitford 1845–55; special correspondent to _Daily News_ at Vienna Aug. 1865 to Aug. 1866; author of _Chamois hunting_ 1853, _new ed._ 1860; _The new dance of death and other poems_ 1857; _Transylvania its products and its people_ 1865 and other books. _d._ 5 Louisen Strasse, Munich 7 April 1870. _Memoirs and letters of C. Boner, edited by R. M. Kettle 2 vols._ 1871. BONHAM, EDWARD WALTER (_2 son of Henry Bonham of Titness park, Berkshire, M.P. for Rye who d. 9 April 1830_). _b._ 24 Nov. 1809; consul at Tabreez, Persia 11 May 1837; transferred to Calais 2 Feb. 1846, and to Naples 14 Jany. 1859; consul general at Naples 5 May 1862 to 5 April 1872 when he retired on a compensation allowance; C.B. 13 Oct. 1865. _d._ the British consulate Boulogne 15 March 1886. BONHAM, HENRY FREDERIC (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 2 June 1808; ed. at the Charterhouse; Cornet 10 Hussars 22 May 1829, lieut. col. 28 April 1846 to 27 Feb. 1852 when placed on h.p.; appointed to the Brighton and Canterbury cavalry depôt June 1854. _d._ 28 Brunswick sq. Hove, Brighton 16 Feb. 1856. BONHAM, PINSON (_eld. son of Samuel Bonham of Great Warley place, Essex who d. 25 Jany. 1821_). Clerk in Court of Chancery 10 years; ensign 60 Foot 24 April 1789; served in West Indies 22 years; deputy quartermaster general 10 years; governor of Surinam or Dutch Guiana to 1814 when colony was surrendered to the Dutch; major 69 Foot 30 March 1797 to 1814, general 10 Jany. 1837. _d._ Great Warley, Essex 19 April 1855 aged 92. BONHAM, SIR SAMUEL GEORGE, 1 Baronet (_only son of George Bonham, captain H.E.I. Co.’s navy who d. 1810_). _b._ Faversham, Kent 7 Sep. 1803; governor of Prince of Wales Island, Singapore and Malacca 1837–47; chief superintendent of British trade in China, and governor and commander in chief of Hong Kong 27 Nov. 1847 to 24 Dec. 1853; C.B. 27 April 1848, K.C.B. 22 Nov. 1850; created baronet 27 Nov. 1852. _d._ Paddington, London 8 Oct. 1863. _The Chinese Repository vols. xvii-xx._ BONHAM-CARTER JOHN (_son of John Carter of Petersfield, M.P. for Portsmouth who assumed additional name of Bonham_). _b._ 13 Oct. 1817; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam.; M.P. for Winchester 1847–74; a lord of the Treasury 1866–68; chairman of committees of House of Commons 1872–74. _d._ Adhurst St. Mary’s, Petersfield 26 Nov.